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Industry | Venture capital |
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Founded | 2000 |
Founder | Brent Jones Tommy Vardell |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Managing director: Alfredo Alfaro [1] |
Website | northgate |
Northgate Capital is a venture capital and private equity investment firm with approximately $4.9 billion of assets under management and offices in San Francisco, Danville, Mexico City and London. [2]
Northgate was founded in 2000 by Brent Jones and Tommy Vardell following their retirement from the National Football League. [2]
In 2010, Jones and Vardell sold a majority stake in Northgate to Religare Enterprises, an Indian financial services company, and continued to manage the firm as Partners. [3]
In 2016, Religare and Northgate's management team sold 100% ownership of Northgate to The Capital Partnership, a private investment firm, with offices in London and Dubai. Following the acquisition by TCP, both Jones and Vardell transitioned to the role of Founders and Senior Advisors to Northgate. [4]
In 2023, Northgate Capitol partners with Covariant in its research into artificial intelligence platforms. [5]
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